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<a name="boost_regex.ref.regex_match"></a><a class="link" href="regex_match.html" title="regex_match">regex_match</a>
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">regex</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
</pre>
<p>
        The algorithm <a class="link" href="regex_match.html" title="regex_match"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">regex_match</span></code></a>
        determines whether a given regular expression matches <span class="bold"><strong>all</strong></span>
        of a given character sequence denoted by a pair of bidirectional-iterators,
        the algorithm is defined as follows, the main use of this function is data
        input validation.
      </p>
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<td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Important]" src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/important.png"></td>
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          Note that the result is true only if the expression matches the <span class="bold"><strong>whole</strong></span> of the input sequence. If you want to search
          for an expression somewhere within the sequence then use <a class="link" href="regex_search.html" title="regex_search"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">regex_search</span></code></a>. If you want to match
          a prefix of the character string then use <a class="link" href="regex_search.html" title="regex_search"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">regex_search</span></code></a> with the flag match_continuous
          set.
        </p></td></tr>
</table></div>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">BidirectionalIterator</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Allocator</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">BidirectionalIterator</span> <span class="identifier">first</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">BidirectionalIterator</span> <span class="identifier">last</span><span class="special">,</span>
                 <span class="identifier">match_results</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">BidirectionalIterator</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Allocator</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">,</span>
                 <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">basic_regex</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">e</span><span class="special">,</span>
                 <span class="identifier">match_flag_type</span> <span class="identifier">flags</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">match_default</span><span class="special">);</span>

<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">BidirectionalIterator</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">BidirectionalIterator</span> <span class="identifier">first</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">BidirectionalIterator</span> <span class="identifier">last</span><span class="special">,</span>
                 <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">basic_regex</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">e</span><span class="special">,</span>
                 <span class="identifier">match_flag_type</span> <span class="identifier">flags</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">match_default</span><span class="special">);</span>

<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Allocator</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">match_results</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">*,</span> <span class="identifier">Allocator</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">,</span>
                 <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">basic_regex</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">e</span><span class="special">,</span>
                 <span class="identifier">match_flag_type</span> <span class="identifier">flags</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">match_default</span><span class="special">);</span>

<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">ST</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">SA</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Allocator</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">basic_string</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">ST</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">SA</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">,</span>
                 <span class="identifier">match_results</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">basic_string</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">ST</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">SA</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">const_iterator</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Allocator</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">,</span>
                 <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">basic_regex</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">e</span><span class="special">,</span>
                 <span class="identifier">match_flag_type</span> <span class="identifier">flags</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">match_default</span><span class="special">);</span>

<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">,</span>
                 <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">basic_regex</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">e</span><span class="special">,</span>
                 <span class="identifier">match_flag_type</span> <span class="identifier">flags</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">match_default</span><span class="special">);</span>

<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">ST</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">SA</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">basic_string</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">ST</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">SA</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">,</span>
                 <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">basic_regex</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">e</span><span class="special">,</span>
                 <span class="identifier">match_flag_type</span> <span class="identifier">flags</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">match_default</span><span class="special">);</span>
</pre>
<h5>
<a name="boost_regex.ref.regex_match.h0"></a>
        <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_regex.ref.regex_match.description"></a></span><a class="link" href="regex_match.html#boost_regex.ref.regex_match.description">Description</a>
      </h5>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">BidirectionalIterator</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Allocator</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">BidirectionalIterator</span> <span class="identifier">first</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">BidirectionalIterator</span> <span class="identifier">last</span><span class="special">,</span>
                 <span class="identifier">match_results</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">BidirectionalIterator</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Allocator</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">,</span>
                 <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">basic_regex</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">e</span><span class="special">,</span>
                 <span class="identifier">match_flag_type</span> <span class="identifier">flags</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">match_default</span><span class="special">);</span>
</pre>
<p>
        <span class="bold"><strong>Requires</strong></span>: Type BidirectionalIterator meets
        the requirements of a Bidirectional Iterator (24.1.4).
      </p>
<p>
        <span class="bold"><strong>Effects</strong></span>: Determines whether there is an
        exact match between the regular expression <span class="emphasis"><em>e</em></span>, and all
        of the character sequence [first, last), parameter <span class="emphasis"><em>flags</em></span>
        (see <a class="link" href="match_flag_type.html" title="match_flag_type"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">match_flag_type</span></code></a>)
        is used to control how the expression is matched against the character sequence.
        Returns true if such a match exists, false otherwise.
      </p>
<p>
        <span class="bold"><strong>Throws</strong></span>: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">runtime_error</span></code>
        if the complexity of matching the expression against an N character string
        begins to exceed O(N<sup>2</sup>), or if the program runs out of stack space while matching
        the expression (if Boost.Regex is configured in recursive mode), or if the
        matcher exhausts its permitted memory allocation (if Boost.Regex is configured
        in non-recursive mode).
      </p>
<p>
        <span class="bold"><strong>Postconditions</strong></span>: If the function returns
        false, then the effect on parameter <span class="emphasis"><em>m</em></span> is undefined,
        otherwise the effects on parameter <span class="emphasis"><em>m</em></span> are given in the
        table:
      </p>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="table">
<colgroup>
<col>
<col>
</colgroup>
<thead><tr>
<th>
                <p>
                  Element
                </p>
              </th>
<th>
                <p>
                  Value
                </p>
              </th>
</tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">()</span></code>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">1</span> <span class="special">+</span>
                  <span class="identifier">e</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">mark_count</span><span class="special">()</span></code>
                </p>
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">empty</span><span class="special">()</span></code>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">false</span></code>
                </p>
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">prefix</span><span class="special">().</span><span class="identifier">first</span></code>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">first</span></code>
                </p>
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">prefix</span><span class="special">().</span><span class="identifier">second</span></code>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">first</span></code>
                </p>
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">prefix</span><span class="special">().</span><span class="identifier">matched</span></code>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">false</span></code>
                </p>
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">suffix</span><span class="special">().</span><span class="identifier">first</span></code>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">last</span></code>
                </p>
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">suffix</span><span class="special">().</span><span class="identifier">second</span></code>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">last</span></code>
                </p>
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">suffix</span><span class="special">().</span><span class="identifier">matched</span></code>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">false</span></code>
                </p>
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">].</span><span class="identifier">first</span></code>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">first</span></code>
                </p>
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">].</span><span class="identifier">second</span></code>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">last</span></code>
                </p>
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">].</span><span class="identifier">matched</span></code>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  true if a full match was found, and false if it was a partial match
                  (found as a result of the match_partial flag being set).
                </p>
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="identifier">n</span><span class="special">].</span><span class="identifier">first</span></code>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  For all integers <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">n</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">()</span></code>, the start of the sequence that
                  matched sub-expression <span class="emphasis"><em>n</em></span>. Alternatively, if
                  sub-expression <span class="emphasis"><em>n</em></span> did not participate in the
                  match, then <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">last</span></code>.
                </p>
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="identifier">n</span><span class="special">].</span><span class="identifier">second</span></code>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  For all integers <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">n</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">()</span></code>, the end of the sequence that
                  matched sub-expression <span class="emphasis"><em>n</em></span>. Alternatively, if
                  sub-expression <span class="emphasis"><em>n</em></span> did not participate in the
                  match, then <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">last</span></code>.
                </p>
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="identifier">n</span><span class="special">].</span><span class="identifier">matched</span></code>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  For all integers <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">n</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">()</span></code>, true if sub-expression <span class="emphasis"><em>n</em></span>
                  participated in the match, false otherwise.
                </p>
              </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">BidirectionalIterator</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">BidirectionalIterator</span> <span class="identifier">first</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">BidirectionalIterator</span> <span class="identifier">last</span><span class="special">,</span>
               <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">basic_regex</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">e</span><span class="special">,</span>
               <span class="identifier">match_flag_type</span> <span class="identifier">flags</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">match_default</span><span class="special">);</span>
</pre>
<p>
        <span class="bold"><strong>Effects</strong></span>: Behaves "as if" by constructing
        an instance of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">match_results</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">BidirectionalIterator</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">what</span></code>,
        and then returning the result of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">first</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">last</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">what</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">e</span><span class="special">,</span>
        <span class="identifier">flags</span><span class="special">)</span></code>.
      </p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Allocator</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">match_results</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">*,</span> <span class="identifier">Allocator</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">,</span>
               <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">basic_regex</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">e</span><span class="special">,</span>
               <span class="identifier">match_flag_type</span> <span class="identifier">flags</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">match_default</span><span class="special">);</span>
</pre>
<p>
        <span class="bold"><strong>Effects</strong></span>: Returns the result of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">str</span>
        <span class="special">+</span> <span class="identifier">char_traits</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">length</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">),</span>
        <span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">e</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">flags</span><span class="special">)</span></code>.
      </p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">ST</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">SA</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Allocator</span><span class="special">,</span>
         <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">basic_string</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">ST</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">SA</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">,</span>
               <span class="identifier">match_results</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">basic_string</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">ST</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">SA</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">const_iterator</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Allocator</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">,</span>
               <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">basic_regex</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">e</span><span class="special">,</span>
               <span class="identifier">match_flag_type</span> <span class="identifier">flags</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">match_default</span><span class="special">);</span>
</pre>
<p>
        <span class="bold"><strong>Effects</strong></span>: Returns the result of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">(),</span> <span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">(),</span> <span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">e</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">flags</span><span class="special">)</span></code>.
      </p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">,</span>
               <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">basic_regex</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">e</span><span class="special">,</span>
               <span class="identifier">match_flag_type</span> <span class="identifier">flags</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">match_default</span><span class="special">);</span>
</pre>
<p>
        <span class="bold"><strong>Effects</strong></span>: Returns the result of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">str</span>
        <span class="special">+</span> <span class="identifier">char_traits</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">length</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">),</span>
        <span class="identifier">e</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">flags</span><span class="special">)</span></code>.
      </p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">ST</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">SA</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">basic_string</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">ST</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">SA</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">,</span>
               <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">basic_regex</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">e</span><span class="special">,</span>
               <span class="identifier">match_flag_type</span> <span class="identifier">flags</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">match_default</span><span class="special">);</span>
</pre>
<p>
        <span class="bold"><strong>Effects</strong></span>: Returns the result of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">(),</span> <span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">(),</span> <span class="identifier">e</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">flags</span><span class="special">)</span></code>.
      </p>
<h5>
<a name="boost_regex.ref.regex_match.h1"></a>
        <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_regex.ref.regex_match.examples"></a></span><a class="link" href="regex_match.html#boost_regex.ref.regex_match.examples">Examples</a>
      </h5>
<p>
        The following example processes an ftp response:
      </p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">stdlib</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">h</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">regex</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">iostream</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>

<span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">;</span>

<span class="identifier">regex</span> <span class="identifier">expression</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"([0-9]+)(\\-| |$)(.*)"</span><span class="special">);</span>

<span class="comment">// process_ftp: </span>
<span class="comment">// on success returns the ftp response code, and fills </span>
<span class="comment">// msg with the ftp response message. </span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">process_ftp</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">response</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">msg</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
   <span class="identifier">cmatch</span> <span class="identifier">what</span><span class="special">;</span>
   <span class="keyword">if</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">response</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">what</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">expression</span><span class="special">))</span>
   <span class="special">{</span>
      <span class="comment">// what[0] contains the whole string </span>
      <span class="comment">// what[1] contains the response code </span>
      <span class="comment">// what[2] contains the separator character </span>
      <span class="comment">// what[3] contains the text message. </span>
      <span class="keyword">if</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">msg</span><span class="special">)</span>
         <span class="identifier">msg</span><span class="special">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier">assign</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">what</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">].</span><span class="identifier">first</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">what</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">].</span><span class="identifier">second</span><span class="special">);</span>
      <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">atoi</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">what</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">].</span><span class="identifier">first</span><span class="special">);</span>
   <span class="special">}</span>
   <span class="comment">// failure did not match </span>
   <span class="keyword">if</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">msg</span><span class="special">)</span>
      <span class="identifier">msg</span><span class="special">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier">erase</span><span class="special">();</span>
   <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="special">-</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
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